Jonathan Frakes Net Worth

Jonathan Frakes's Quotes

• My favorite actor of all time is Genie Francis.
• Fate protects fools, little children and ships named Enterprise.

Interesting Facts about Jonathan Frakes

1. Attended Penn State University and Harvard University.
2. Marched trombone in Blue Band at Penn State University.
3. Has two children: Jameson Ivor Frakes (born August 20, 1994) and Elizabeth Francis Frakes (born May 30, 1997).
4. Received the nickname "Two-Takes Frakes" for his efficient filming style on the set of Star Trek: First Contact (1996).
5. Has a cow-shaped mailbox, and retrieving the mail involves inserting one's hand into the cow's hindquarters. Frakes recorded trombone tracks for Phish's album "Hoist". Unfortunately, his horn parts did not come out all that well - certainly not as well as the horn parts recorded by the Tower of Power horn section. As sort of a consolation prize, a brief interlude on the album is called Riker's Mailbox.
6. Is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.
7. Ellen J. Hornstein is his personal assistant/story editor for his production company, Goepp Circle Productions.
8. Son-in-law of actor Ivor Francis and Rosemary Daley.
9. He and Leonard Nimoy have both directed two Star Trek movies. In both cases, one of the films was a time travel story. In addition, both he and Nimoy were best known as the first officer of the USS Enterprise from their respective Star Trek series and movies.
10. In some of the first season episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), his character, Commander William Riker, was called "Bill". In the seasons that followed, he was generally referred to as either Will or "Number One".
11. His trademark beard was acquired during the filming of North and South, Book II (1986). This was patterned after a style popular during the American Civil War. He liked this so much, he continued to wear this after he returned to Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) for its second season.
12. Has appeared in episodes of five different series with Marina Sirtis: Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Gargoyles (1994), Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles (1996), Enterprise (2001) and Star Trek: Picard (2020).
13. He is the only "Star Trek" regular to appear in five different "Star Trek" series: Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Star Trek: Voyager (1995), Enterprise (2001) and Star Trek: Picard (2020).
14. Along with Marina Sirtis, Armin Shimerman, John de Lancie, Michael Ansara, Richard Poe and Mark Allen Shepherd, he is one of only seven actors to play the same character in three different live-action "Star Trek" series. He played Commander William T. Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: Voyager (1995) and Enterprise (2001). He also played the transporter double of this character, Lieutenant W. Thomas Riker, in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
15. Along with Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, Colm Meaney and Jeffrey Combs, he is one of only six actors to appear in the finales of two different "Star Trek" series (Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Enterprise (2001)).
16. Has appeared with Kate Mulgrew in four different productions: Camp Nowhere (1994), Gargoyles (1994), Star Trek: Voyager (1995) and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).
17. Godmother of his son Jameson is Elizabeth Berman, wife of Star Trek producer and writer Rick Berman.
18. Is the only actor who has appeared on "Star Trek" to share scenes with regulars from all five series (Star Trek (1966), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Star Trek: Voyager (1995) and Enterprise (2001)): James Doohan in the Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) episode "Relics", the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) in every episode of the series, Avery Brooks, Nana Visitor, Terry Farrell and Colm Meaney in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) episode "Defiant", Armin Shimerman in the Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) episodes "Haven", "The Last Outpost" and "Firstborn", Kate Mulgrew and Tim Russ in the Star Trek: Voyager (1995) episode "Death Wish" and the entire cast of Enterprise (2001) in the series finale "These Are the Voyages...".
19. Along with Tim Russ, he is one of only two actors who have appeared in "Star Trek" to share scenes with four of the five captains: Patrick Stewart in every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), Avery Brooks in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) episode "Defiant", Kate Mulgrew in the Star Trek: Voyager (1995) episode "Death Wish" and Scott Bakula in the Enterprise (2001) finale "These Are the Voyages...".
20. Has played the same character (Commander William T. Riker) on five different series: Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: Voyager (1995), Enterprise (2001), Family Guy (1999) and Star Trek: Picard (2020).